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NASB					Luke 16:6 "And he said³⁰⁰⁴, 'A hundred¹⁵⁴⁰ ¹measures⁹⁴³ of oil¹⁶³⁷.' And he said³⁰⁰⁴ to him, 'Take¹²⁰⁹ your bill¹¹²¹, and sit²⁵²³ down²⁵²³ quickly⁵⁰³⁰ and write¹¹²⁵ fifty⁴⁰⁰⁴.'
AMPLIFIED 2015					Luke 16:6 "He said, 'A hundred ¹measures of [olive] oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write ²fifty.'

NASB Translator's Notes:
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Gr baths, a Heb unit of measure equaling about 7 12 gal.

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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Gr baths, a Hebrew unit of measure equaling about 7-8 gal.

It is possible that the manager was releasing the debtors from unlawful interest he was charging them (cf v 2)

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Greek Heb.

943

batos; of Heb. or. [1324]; a bath, an Isr. liquid measure:--measures(1).

1121

gramma; from 1125; that which is drawn or written, i.e. a letter:--bill(2), learning(1), letter(5), letters(3), writings(2).

1125

graphô; a prim. vb.; to write:--read(1), sent this letter(1), write(37), writes(1), writing(14), written(117), wrote(20).

1209

dechomai; a prim. vb.; to receive:--accept(2), accepted(3), receive(16), received(12), receives(15), take(3), taken(1), took(1), welcome(2), welcomed(1).

1540

hekaton; a prim. word; a hundred:--hundred(7), hundredfold(4), hundreds(1), one hundred(4).

1637

elaion; from 1636; olive oil:--oil(10), olive oil(1).

2523

kathizô; another form of 2516; to make to sit down, to sit down:--appoint(1), rested(1), sat(5), sat down(15), seat(1), seated(1), seated themselves(1), settled(1), sit(9), sit down(4), sitting down(1), stay(1), taken...seat(1), takes...seat(1), took...seat(3).

3004

legô; a prim. vb.; to say:--addressing(1), agree*(1), ask(1), asked(3), asking(4), bring charges(1), call(8), called(34), calling(1), calls(3), claimed(1), claiming(2), command(3), designated(1), follows(1), give(1), gives(1), greeted*(1), made(1), mean(2), means(3), meant(1), mention(1), named(3), ordered(2), quote(1), referred(1), remarking(1), said(1086), say(364), saying(440), says(102), shouting(1), so-called(3), speak(22), speaking(17), speaks(6), spoke(18), spoken(26), stated(1), stating(2), talking(5), tell(71), telling(18), thing spoken(1), things spoken(1), thought(1), told(35), using(1).

4004

pentêkonta; a card. num. from 4002 and a modified form of 1176; fifty:--fifties(1), fifty(5), fifty-three*(1).

5030

tacheôs; adv. from 5036; quickly, hastily:--hastily(1), once(1), quickly(4), shortly(2), soon(2).

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